/research University of Maine Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:55:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /research/wp-content/uploads/sites/281/2016/12/cropped-MAINE_crest_4c-32x32.jpg /research 32 32 /research/2025/09/05/renewed-nih-grant-to-expand-umaines-impact-on-biotech-workforce/ /research/2025/09/05/renewed-nih-grant-to-expand-umaines-impact-on-biotech-workforce/#respond Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:54:42 +0000 /research/?p=51303 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded the University of Maine a competitive renewal of its T32 predoctoral training grant, expanding support for doctoral students in biomedical science and engineering. The Transdisciplinary Predoctoral Training Program in Biomedical Science and Engineering educates future scientists and engineers to work as innovative, team-based researchers. The five-year renewal of […]]]> /research/2025/09/05/renewed-nih-grant-to-expand-umaines-impact-on-biotech-workforce/feed/ 0 /research/2025/07/03/irja-hepler-tackling-thermal-stress-in-3d-printing/ /research/2025/07/03/irja-hepler-tackling-thermal-stress-in-3d-printing/#respond Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:13:22 +0000 /research/?p=50991 Irja Hepler wants to crack the code on the additive manufacturing cooling process to make 3D printing faster, stronger and more precise.  91福利 Ph.D. student in structural engineering is developing code to improve her model that predicts how thermal stress created during 3D printing could change what is being printed. Once developed, […]]]> /research/2025/07/03/irja-hepler-tackling-thermal-stress-in-3d-printing/feed/ 0 /research/2025/07/03/chyanne-yoder-turning-the-tide-on-disposable-food-containers/ /research/2025/07/03/chyanne-yoder-turning-the-tide-on-disposable-food-containers/#respond Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:05:23 +0000 /research/?p=50980 Chyanne Yoder seeks to prevent plastic pollution at its source by piloting systems for reusable food containers in Maine coastal communities, reducing the need for single-use foodware. The Ph.D. student in anthropology and environmental policy at the University of Maine is championing this cause through the Marine Debris Project alongside her adviser, University of Maine […]]]> /research/2025/07/03/chyanne-yoder-turning-the-tide-on-disposable-food-containers/feed/ 0 /research/2025/04/30/umaine-announces-2025-student-symposium-award-winners/ /research/2025/04/30/umaine-announces-2025-student-symposium-award-winners/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:19:00 +0000 /research/?p=50726 91福利 announced the winners of the 2025 91福利 Student Symposium for Research and Creative Activity, a signature event that highlights student research and creative work across disciplines. Organized by the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR), the Symposium drew more than 1,500 attendees to the New Balance Field House on April 11, showcasing […]]]> /research/2025/04/30/umaine-announces-2025-student-symposium-award-winners/feed/ 0 /research/2025/04/30/umaine-to-confer-record-number-of-graduate-degrees/ /research/2025/04/30/umaine-to-confer-record-number-of-graduate-degrees/#respond Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:57:13 +0000 /research/?p=50721 91福利 will award a record-breaking 815 advanced degrees during its May 2025 commencement, marking the largest graduating class of master鈥檚 and doctoral students in the university鈥檚 160-year history. The historic milestone includes 706 master鈥檚 and 109 doctoral degrees, surpassing previous records set in 2022 and 2023. Among this year鈥檚 graduate students are […]]]> /research/2025/04/30/umaine-to-confer-record-number-of-graduate-degrees/feed/ 0 /research/2025/04/18/sara-delaney-sows-farmer-resilience-through-outreach-optimization/ /research/2025/04/18/sara-delaney-sows-farmer-resilience-through-outreach-optimization/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 18:03:01 +0000 /research/?p=50681 Sara Delaney, a Ph.D. candidate in ecology and environmental sciences at the University of Maine, is fine-tuning how scientists help farmers prepare for 鈥� and thrive in 鈥� the face of uncertainty. Her work builds on more than a decade spent advancing food security around the globe, from Mali to Latin America. Now, she鈥檚 using […]]]> /research/2025/04/18/sara-delaney-sows-farmer-resilience-through-outreach-optimization/feed/ 0 /research/2024/11/07/umaine-doctoral-student-enrollment-highest-ever/ /research/2024/11/07/umaine-doctoral-student-enrollment-highest-ever/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2024 19:26:17 +0000 /research/?p=49686 A record number of students came to the University of Maine in pursuit of doctorates this semester. The fall 2024 cohort includes 605 doctoral students, up from 465 in 2019. In total, the Graduate School received 917 applications to its doctoral programs 鈥� up more than 200% from five years ago. The new record was […]]]> /research/2024/11/07/umaine-doctoral-student-enrollment-highest-ever/feed/ 0 /research/2024/10/10/nih-award-to-strengthen-neuromuscular-disease-research-at-umaine/ /research/2024/10/10/nih-award-to-strengthen-neuromuscular-disease-research-at-umaine/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:27:25 +0000 /research/?p=49622 The National Institutes of Health awarded University of Maine Ph.D. candidate Amanda Ignacz the prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award. This nationally competitive award honors and invests in pre-doctoral students by helping them obtain research training while conducting their dissertation research.  Enrolled in the Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering鈥檚 […]]]> /research/2024/10/10/nih-award-to-strengthen-neuromuscular-disease-research-at-umaine/feed/ 0 /research/2024/10/10/amplified-experience-grad-students-join-umaine-dna-labs/ /research/2024/10/10/amplified-experience-grad-students-join-umaine-dna-labs/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:12:41 +0000 /research/?p=49641 /research/2024/10/10/amplified-experience-grad-students-join-umaine-dna-labs/feed/ 0 /research/2023/09/05/discover-a-world-of-innovation-and-exploration-at-imagine-that-tours-during-umaines-homecoming-2023/ /research/2023/09/05/discover-a-world-of-innovation-and-exploration-at-imagine-that-tours-during-umaines-homecoming-2023/#respond Tue, 05 Sep 2023 19:54:34 +0000 /research/?p=48380 91福利 is thrilled to announce Imagine That! Tours, an exciting event set to take place on Friday, October 13, from 1 to 4 p.m., as part of 91福利鈥檚 Homecoming and Friends & Family Weekend celebrations. This event offers participants an exclusive glimpse into the groundbreaking work of graduate students across various disciplines. […]]]> /research/2023/09/05/discover-a-world-of-innovation-and-exploration-at-imagine-that-tours-during-umaines-homecoming-2023/feed/ 0 /research/2023/06/08/umaine-graduate-school-centennial-update/ /research/2023/06/08/umaine-graduate-school-centennial-update/#respond Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:55:40 +0000 /research/?p=48286 Community Letter from the Dean of the Graduate School It was last January when with great joy and excitement I invited you to join us for a year-long celebration of the centennial anniversary of the creation of the Graduate School at the University of Maine. Since 1923 the Graduate School has been at the forefront […]]]> /research/2023/06/08/umaine-graduate-school-centennial-update/feed/ 0 /research/2023/01/11/umaine-graduate-school-celebrates-100-years-of-excellence/ /research/2023/01/11/umaine-graduate-school-celebrates-100-years-of-excellence/#respond Wed, 11 Jan 2023 21:51:00 +0000 /research/?p=47626 Community Letter from the Dean of the Graduate School With great joy and excitement, I would like to invite you to join us for a year-long celebration of the centennial anniversary of the creation of the Graduate School at the University of Maine.   The university has granted graduate degrees since 1881, when the first […]]]> /research/2023/01/11/umaine-graduate-school-celebrates-100-years-of-excellence/feed/ 0 /research/2022/11/01/graduate-school-sets-new-records-for-doctoral-and-international-graduate-student-enrollment/ /research/2022/11/01/graduate-school-sets-new-records-for-doctoral-and-international-graduate-student-enrollment/#respond Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:39:43 +0000 /research/?p=47486 Story updated January 10, 2023 91福利鈥檚 graduate enrollment has consistently increased over the past few years. Of the 2,457 graduate students enrolled this fall, 554 are in doctoral programs, a record high for 91福利. This is the third consecutive year that 91福利 has established a new mark for doctoral enrollment. In addition […]]]> /research/2022/11/01/graduate-school-sets-new-records-for-doctoral-and-international-graduate-student-enrollment/feed/ 0 /research/2022/01/24/graduate-school-sets-records/ /research/2022/01/24/graduate-school-sets-records/#respond Mon, 24 Jan 2022 20:50:25 +0000 /research/?p=45768 In spite of the continuing pandemic, the University of Maine鈥檚 graduate enrollment has consistently increased over the past few years, setting records in the 2020-21 academic year, and then breaking those records this fall term. A total of 2,542 graduate students were enrolled in classes for the 2021 fall semester, surpassing the previous record enrollment […]]]> /research/2022/01/24/graduate-school-sets-records/feed/ 0 /research/2021/09/07/university-of-maine-research-productivity-at-all-time-high-despite-the-pandemic/ /research/2021/09/07/university-of-maine-research-productivity-at-all-time-high-despite-the-pandemic/#respond Tue, 07 Sep 2021 19:22:32 +0000 /research/?p=45297 Dear Colleagues, While fiscal year 2021 will be marked by COVID-19 and the considerable challenges that come with a global pandemic, it will also be marked by the great accomplishments and the inspiring collaborations, teamwork, and resilience that have taken place at the University of Maine. As Maine鈥檚 research university, its research impacts all areas […]]]> /research/2021/09/07/university-of-maine-research-productivity-at-all-time-high-despite-the-pandemic/feed/ 0 /research/2021/07/30/bock-uses-virtual-reality-to-improve-mathematics-education/ /research/2021/07/30/bock-uses-virtual-reality-to-improve-mathematics-education/#respond Fri, 30 Jul 2021 13:26:53 +0000 /research/?p=45142 Camden Bock is a Ph.D. candidate in the STEM Education program at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development. Bock looks at how technologies, like virtual reality, can be used to analyze three-dimensional objects and researches how these technologies can be used to help students understand three-dimensional mathematical objects in three-dimensional space. […]]]> /research/2021/07/30/bock-uses-virtual-reality-to-improve-mathematics-education/feed/ 0 /research/2021/07/06/landazuri-helps-translate-the-first-recorded-accounts-of-el-nino/ /research/2021/07/06/landazuri-helps-translate-the-first-recorded-accounts-of-el-nino/#respond Tue, 06 Jul 2021 14:13:23 +0000 /research/?p=45025 Examining history can reveal some of the same problems faced today, along with how to cope with them. On the northern coast of Peru, a hot spot for El Ni帽o events, Andean indigenous groups adapted for thousands of years through methods like cycling farming to higher ground. Some of these agricultural methods were previously revealed […]]]> /research/2021/07/06/landazuri-helps-translate-the-first-recorded-accounts-of-el-nino/feed/ 0 /research/2021/06/01/darling-marine-centers-tom-kiffney-helps-potential-aquaculturists-choose-the-best-site-for-their-farm/ /research/2021/06/01/darling-marine-centers-tom-kiffney-helps-potential-aquaculturists-choose-the-best-site-for-their-farm/#respond Tue, 01 Jun 2021 17:20:07 +0000 /research/?p=44954 Tom Kiffney is a marine science Ph.D. student based at the Darling Marine Center. His Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) project focuses on how to help potential aquaculturists choose the best site for their farm. The goal is to reduce the site selection risk for oyster and other shellfish farmers by using high-resolution satellite products […]]]> /research/2021/06/01/darling-marine-centers-tom-kiffney-helps-potential-aquaculturists-choose-the-best-site-for-their-farm/feed/ 0 /research/2021/03/01/perera-discovers-potential-coating-agent-for-textiles-that-decomposes-sweat/ /research/2021/03/01/perera-discovers-potential-coating-agent-for-textiles-that-decomposes-sweat/#respond Mon, 01 Mar 2021 21:10:33 +0000 /research/?p=44753 Duwage Charitha Perera is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemistry. Her key research interest is to study the catalytic behavior of small metal clusters using density functional theory or DFT. She is originally from Sri Lanka. Most graduate students embark on a single research project, but Perera decided to finish the work she […]]]> /research/2021/03/01/perera-discovers-potential-coating-agent-for-textiles-that-decomposes-sweat/feed/ 0 /research/2021/02/01/umaine-graduate-school-records-all-time-high-student-enrollment/ /research/2021/02/01/umaine-graduate-school-records-all-time-high-student-enrollment/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:00:42 +0000 /research/?p=44699 For the first time in its history, the University of Maine graduate student enrollment has exceeded 2400 students following a record-breaking year of admissions. Scott Delcourt, Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies, noted that “spring enrollment is usually about 10% less than the previous fall’s enrollment, so to set an all-time high graduate enrollment in […]]]> /research/2021/02/01/umaine-graduate-school-records-all-time-high-student-enrollment/feed/ 0 /research/2020/11/02/drinking-water-mysterious-kidney-disease/ /research/2020/11/02/drinking-water-mysterious-kidney-disease/#respond Mon, 02 Nov 2020 21:00:45 +0000 /research/?p=44478 91福利 researchers contributed to a March 2020 article that studies the effects of chemicals found in drinking water 鈥� and how the combination of certain chemicals could be the cause of a mysterious, chronic kidney disease impacting millions of people around the world. Assistant Professor of Environmental Physiology, Nishad Jayasundara, and doctoral candidate Remy Babich, […]]]> /research/2020/11/02/drinking-water-mysterious-kidney-disease/feed/ 0 /research/2020/11/02/graduate-school-record-enrollment/ /research/2020/11/02/graduate-school-record-enrollment/#respond Mon, 02 Nov 2020 20:56:42 +0000 /research/?p=44501 91福利 Graduate School reports its highest enrollment numbers since 2010. In 2020, the total number of graduate students enrolled is 2,276 with a doctoral headcount of 517 鈥� the first time doctoral enrollment has ever exceeded 500, and tops the previous high mark of 463 in 2012. 鈥淕raduate students contribute significantly to […]]]> /research/2020/11/02/graduate-school-record-enrollment/feed/ 0 /research/2020/09/02/susan-smith-director-intermedia/ /research/2020/09/02/susan-smith-director-intermedia/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2020 13:23:51 +0000 /research/?p=44335 /research/2020/09/02/susan-smith-director-intermedia/feed/ 0 /research/2020/03/16/covid19-faq/ /research/2020/03/16/covid19-faq/#respond Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:39:20 +0000 /research/?p=43903 /research/2020/03/16/covid19-faq/feed/ 0 /research/2019/12/16/elementary-students-clamming-research/ /research/2019/12/16/elementary-students-clamming-research/#respond Mon, 16 Dec 2019 19:54:37 +0000 /research/?p=43794 Gabrielle Hillyer, a Master鈥檚 student in oceanography and marine policy, is putting her marine science education into practice by researching water quality issues within the Gulf of Maine in the hopes to improve the solvency of the soft-shell clamming industry. Hillyer studies the impact of bacteria in mudflats on the Medomak River in Waldoboro, Maine […]]]> /research/2019/12/16/elementary-students-clamming-research/feed/ 0 /research/2019/11/04/celebrates-historic-3d-printing-event/ /research/2019/11/04/celebrates-historic-3d-printing-event/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:32:42 +0000 /research/?p=43683 The Advanced Structures and Composites Center celebrates historic event: Unveiling the world鈥檚 largest 3D printer and 3D printed boat 鈥淭his is a big deal,鈥� said Sen. Angus King at the Oct. 10 unveiling of the world鈥檚 largest 3D printer at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (91福利 Composites Center). Big, indeed. In […]]]> /research/2019/11/04/celebrates-historic-3d-printing-event/feed/ 0 /research/2019/11/04/program-prepares-conservation-leaders/ /research/2019/11/04/program-prepares-conservation-leaders/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2019 16:27:25 +0000 /research/?p=43687 A unique traineeship program designed to produce interdisciplinary environmental conservation leaders now offers Master鈥檚 and Ph.D. degree opportunities to address the challenges presented by global and local changes in environmental, social, economic and climatic conditions. The National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program has awarded the University of Maine 鈥淣RT: Enhancing Conservation Science and Practice鈥� […]]]> /research/2019/11/04/program-prepares-conservation-leaders/feed/ 0 /research/2019/10/01/new-program-combines-medicine-arts/ /research/2019/10/01/new-program-combines-medicine-arts/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2019 12:42:08 +0000 /research/?p=43498 Some people consider themselves to be a numbers person, more than a creative type. Others feel drawn to the artistic side of life more than the analytical. Since the 1960s, when Nobel-prize winning research painted a picture of a human brain split straight down the middle 鈥� it is believed that humans are either right […]]]> /research/2019/10/01/new-program-combines-medicine-arts/feed/ 0 /research/2019/08/05/do-more-ticks-equal-fewer-tourists-in-maine-team-studies-impact-of-bloodsucking-arthropods/ /research/2019/08/05/do-more-ticks-equal-fewer-tourists-in-maine-team-studies-impact-of-bloodsucking-arthropods/#respond Mon, 05 Aug 2019 12:53:26 +0000 /research/?p=43180 Maine鈥檚 idyllic landscape, rugged coastline and abundance of wildlife attract visitors each year to its natural parks. However, experts predict an increase in the number of ticks infected with Lyme disease due to climate change 鈥� which threatens to expose more people to the disease and cause some visitors to opt for alternative destinations. Which […]]]> /research/2019/08/05/do-more-ticks-equal-fewer-tourists-in-maine-team-studies-impact-of-bloodsucking-arthropods/feed/ 0 /research/2019/08/05/nih-t32-grant-awarded-gsbse/ /research/2019/08/05/nih-t32-grant-awarded-gsbse/#respond Mon, 05 Aug 2019 12:31:32 +0000 /research/?p=43176 /research/2019/08/05/nih-t32-grant-awarded-gsbse/feed/ 0